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Fun With Fiber, Verizon-Style

Verizon's FiOS fiber-optic service will knock down the walls between TV and Internet.

VERIZON COMMUNICATIONS WOWED 'EM on Wednesday, with a Webcast conference showing some cable-defying tricks made possible by the phone company's FiOS fiber-optic service. You could have your own television channel, visible only to your friends and family. Your (Verizon Wireless) cellphone could photo-journal your life, sending home location-stamped pictures throughout the day. You could click and buy products that advertisers pay to place in TV shows. As if we news media didn't have enough trouble competing for advertising dollars, those FiOS TV folks will probably allow you to click Michael Dell, during an interview,...